Psalms 80

1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.

For the chief musician, set to the Shoshannim Eduth style. A psalm of Asaph. Pay attention, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit above the cherubim, shine on us!

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us.

In the sight of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your power; come and save us.

3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

God, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.

4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Yahweh God of hosts, how long will you be angry at your people when they pray?

5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in great quantities.

6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

You make us something for our neighbors to argue over, and our enemies laugh about us among themselves.

7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

God of hosts, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.

8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.

9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

You cleared the land for it; it took root and filled the land.

10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof [were like] the goodly cedars.

The mountains were covered with its shade, the cedars of God by its branches.

11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

It sent out its branches as far as the sea and its shoots to the Euphrates River.

12 Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by along the road pluck its fruit?

13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

The boars out of the forest ruin it, and the beasts of the field feed on it.

14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Turn back, God of hosts; look down from heaven and take notice and take care of this vine.

15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself.

This is the root that your right hand planted, the shoot that you made to grow.

16 [It is] burned with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

It has been burned and cut down; they perish because of your rebuke.

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself.

May your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.

19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Yahweh God of hosts, restore us; make your face shine on us, and we will be saved.